Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun.
1What do you call a woman ............... husband is dead?
Wrong!
Use "whose" to show that the husband belongs to the woman.
2Who is that woman ............... son is your classmate?
Wrong!
Use "whose" to show that the son belongs to the woman.
3I know a boy ............... parents work abroad.
Wrong!
Use "whose" to show that the parents belong to the boy.
4I recently visited the town ............... I spent my childhood.
Wrong!
Use "where" for a place when it means "in which".
5I met an old woman ............... knows your parents.
Wrong!
Use "who" for a person who is the subject of "knows".
6I met a man ............... wife knows me.
Wrong!
Use "whose" to show that the wife belongs to the man.
7I really like the people with ............... I work.
Wrong!
Use "whom" after the preposition "with" in formal relative clauses.
8The people ............... I work with are very supportive.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "whom" and "that" can refer to people as the object of "work with".
9Do you know the woman ............... just walked in?
Wrong!
Use "who" for a person who is the subject of "walked in".
10He is someone ............... I admire a lot.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "that" and "whom" can refer to a person who is the object of "admire".
11This is ............... I would like to spend my twilight years.
Wrong!
Use "where" to mean the place in which something happens.
12The pretty girl ............... we met in the department store is an aspiring model.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "that" and "whom" can refer to a person who is the object of "met".
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- What do you call a woman whose husband is dead?
- Who is that woman whose son is your classmate?
- I know a boy whose parents work abroad.
- I recently visited the town where I spent my childhood.
- I met an old woman who knows your parents.
- I met a man whose wife knows me.
- I really like the people with whom I work.
- The people whom / that I work with are very supportive.
- Do you know the woman who just walked in?
- He is someone that / whom I admire a lot.
- This is where I would like to spend my twilight years.
- The pretty girl that / whom we met in the department store is an aspiring model.